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Sift through the world of contemporary African-American art for even a short time and you can't help but be struck by one of its most defining features. Time is no object in this far-sighted realm, where even new work is likely to have one foot planted so firmly in the past that it summons up scenes from life in Africa, the trials of slavery and Jim Crow and the heroic struggles of the Civil Rights era as if they had taken place an hour ago. Just take a look at Hank Willis Thomas' 2011 photograph "The Cotton Bowl," which pits a hard-scrabble black sharecropper from decades ago against a modern football player. Faith Ringgold pulls off the same kind of time-traveling...

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Sift through the world of contemporary African-American art for even a short time and you can't help but be struck by one of its most defining features.
Time is no object in this far-sighted realm, where even new work is likely to have one foot planted...

The Bowl Championship Series, may it RIP, staged a national title game in an exclusive television window for 16 years. But Monday's inaugural College Football Playoff final between Oregon and Ohio State feels oh-so-different.
Not because the Big Ten...

The College Football Playoff selection committee's consensus is either Mensa-caliber genius or more troubling than fourth-and-40.
Since both of the panel's rankings have virtually mirrored my ballot for the Football Writers Association of America — we...

Conference USA is on board with the new NCAA Division I governance model and the attendant changes, and commissioner Britton Banowsky believes the league is well placed moving forward in a time of relative stability.
Those were a couple of takeaways from...

East Carolina capped its signature football season with a stirring, come-from-behind victory over North Carolina State at the Peach Bowl. The New Year's Day 1992 game attracted a record crowd and elevated the Pirates to No. 9 in the final national polls....

Last season, Duke reached its first bowl since 1994, snapped an eight-game losing streak to rival North Carolina and earned David Cutcliffe ACC coach of the year honors. Less than 12 months later, it all seemed a mirage.
The Blue Devils were 0-2 in the...

Norfolk State gained its first victory of the season Saturday, beating Morgan State 27-21 in Baltimore in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference opener for both.Tyler Clark completed 18 of 28 passes for 125 yards and two touchdowns for the Spartans....

For 44 years, students, parents and fans have come to the same nondescript, slate-gray structure off of Warwick Boulevard. In these 7,700-seat concrete stands they witnessed the formative years of countless high school athletes — some of whom went on to...

On Jan. 10, a team led by a for-sale quarterback won the national championship at a game run by executives who “frequently acted with scant regard for ethics and proper conduct.”
Ain’t college football grand?
The sport’s underbelly was revealed again...

The biggest question for any poll voter this week is, who’s No. 2? Alabama or Oklahoma State?
For an ACC country voter, a secondary issue was whether to rank Clemson ahead of Virginia Tech.
First, the national.
Oklahoma State won its conference, the...

As an ACC scribe, the most difficult decision on my final Associated Press football ballot was Virginia Tech versus Clemson.
The national champ? That was easy. Alabama dominated LSU, 21-0, in the Big Easy on Monday night.
Clemson dominated Tech...

David Cutcliffe was the first coach in 30-plus years to guide Ole Miss to five straight winning seasons. He won a Cotton Bowl, tutored the most accomplished quarterbacking brothers in history and as an offensive coordinator earned a national...

Forecasting ACC bowl victories over Southern California and LSU in preseason would have been folly. The Trojans were ranked No. 1 by the Associated Press, LSU No. 3.
But that’s what transpired. The wins weren’t landmark and don’t erase a disappointing...

Virginia's football program offered Jeff Banks a significant raise and upgrade in conferences. But less than two weeks into his tenure on the Cavaliers' coaching staff, Texas A&M offered better.
So without mentioning the Aggies by name, Banks and...

The Rev. Theodore Hesburgh transformed the University of Notre Dame into a school known almost as much for academics as for football, even if it meant challenging popes, presidents or legendary football coaches. And he did it while championing human...

Leading troops over the rugged, battle-scarred hills of Vietnam's Central Highlands in 1967, Rollie Stichweh sometimes would hark back to his football days at West Point to see him through.
"Those of us in Vietnam found adversity at every...

DALLAS — Illinois defensive end Jihad Ward said he was just looking ahead.
Maybe at the open space ahead of him, maybe at the end zone. Maybe at a chance to bring the Illini back, a chance to claim a bowl victory.
Down three points in the fourth...

LeBron James, who turned 30 this week, has never missed more than five games in a row, but that streak will apparently end. James is expected to miss two weeks with knee and back strains that already have cost him two games. Are these fluke injuries and...

Even strong numbers from Chicago couldn’t prevent the Winter Classic delivering its lowest national rating on Thursday.
The Blackhawks-Capitals game at Nationals Park did a 2.3 overnight rating of major markets on NBC; one national ratings point is worth...